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1 Graduate Diploma Program in Veterinary in Livestock Diseases and Health Management International Program (New curriculum 2009) 1. Title of curriculum Graduate Diploma Program in Veterinary in Livestock Diseases and Health Management 2. Name of degree Graduate Diploma in Veterinary (Livestock Diseases and Health Management) Grad. Dip. Vet.(Livestock Diseases and Health Management) 3. Responsible organization Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Graduate School, Khon Kaen University 4. Background and justification, philosophy and main objectives of the curriculum 4.1 Background and justification Herd health management is important for livestock production. New knowledge and technologies especially on health management in farm animal is improving to achieve production efficiency. Therefore, veterinarians and veterinary officers in Thailand and Mekhong-region countries should develop their knowledge and skill in order to keep up with the technology always. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, realizes the importance of offering the Graduate Diploma Program in Veterinary in Livestock Diseases and Health Management to provide the needs for furthering education for veterinarians and veterinary officers in livestock health management 4.2 Philosophy The Graduate Diploma Program in Veterinary in Livestock Diseases and Health Management aims at producing veterinarians and veterinary officers that have updated knowledge and experience in health management in order to increased production efficiency according to ethics and professional morality. 4.3 Objective of the curriculum The Graduate Diploma Program in Veterinary in Livestock Diseases and Health Management is designed to produce veterinarians and veterinary officers who are

Dip. Vet.(Livestock Diseases and Health Management) 3. Responsible organization Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Graduate School, Khon Kaen University 4.

2 2 1. Knowledgeable and able to perform diagnostic examination as well as treatment, control and prevention of disease in livestock farms 2. Skillful for health management in livestock farms in order to increase production efficiency 3. Realizing ethics and professional morality 4.4 Prominent point or strength of program The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is located in the Northeastern of Thailand. This region has the highest number of livestock animals and farmers in the country. The Faculty also has a teaching hospital that is well-known regionally for livestock health service, which can be provided at the hospital and on-farms. 5. Effective date of the program The program will be offered from the first semester of the academic year 2010 onwards. 6. Qualification of the Applicants 6.1 Applicants must hold a bachelor s degree in Veterinary Medicine. 6.2 All applicants must pass English language tests such as TOEFL with 500 marks or better, or IELTs with 5.5 marks or better, or other English language test institution with equivalent standards depends upon the consent of the curriculum administrative committee. 6.3 Qualification of the Applicants must comply with the regulations of Khon Kaen University on Graduate Degree Program, 2005, Section 5, Items 26.1 (detail in Appendix 4) or any revision thereafter. 7. Admission Requirements Comply with the regulations of Khon Kaen University on Graduate Degree Program, 2005, Section 5, Items 27 and 28 (detail in Appendix 4) or any revision thereafter. 8. Education System Comply with the Regulations of Khon kaen University on Graduate Degree Program, 2005, Section 2, all items and Section 3, Item 11.1 and 12.1 (detail in Appendix 4) or any revision thereafter.

4 Prominent point or strength of program The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is located in the Northeastern of Thailand.

3 3 9. Program Duration The program duration should not exceed 3 academic years, which is complied with the Regulations of Khon Kaen University on Graduate Degree Program, 2005, Section 3, Item 14.1 (detail in Appendix 4) or any revision thereafter. 10. Enrollment Comply with the Regulations of Khon Kaen University on Graduate Degree Programs, 2005, Section 6 (detail in Appendix 4) or any revision thereafter. 11. Evaluation and Graduation Comply with the Regulations of Khon Kaen University on Graduate degree Programs, 2005, Section 7, Items , 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43 as well as Section 9, Items 54.1, 56 and 58 (detail in Appendix 4) or any revision thereafter Class Schedules Year 1 Semester 1 Code Subject Credit ** Seminar in Veterinary I 1(1-0-2) * Clinical Practice in Artificial Insemination and Reproductive 1(0-2-1) Technology * Health Problems and Management in Ruminant 3(3-0-6) * Clinical Ruminant Nutrition 2(2-0-4) * Practice in Poultry Disease Diagnosis 2(0-4- 2) * Clinical Swine Nutrition 2(0-4-2) * Health and Production Management in Swine Heard 1(1-0- 2) Number of credits this semester Cumulative number of credits Year 1 Semester 2 Code Subject Credit ** Seminar in Veterinary II 1(1-0-2) * Business and Administration for Animal Farm 2 (2-0-4) * Milk Quality and Production Management 2(2-0-4) * Ruminant Clinical Practice 3(0-6-3) * Practice in Health and Production Management in Swine Herd 2(0-4-2)

Enrollment Comply with the Regulations of Khon Kaen University on Graduate Degree Programs, 2005, Section 6 (detail in Appendix 4) or any revision thereafter. 11.

4 4 * Practice in Swine Disease Diagnosis 2(0-4-2) Number of credits this semester 12 Cumulative number of credits Course Description ** Seminar in Veterinary I 1(1-0-2) Literature review and discussion in veterinary and related medical sciences and case report. ** Seminar in Veterinary II 1(1-0-2) Review and discussion of literature and case report related to current issues in modern veterinary technology. * Practice in Swine Disease Diagnosis 2(0-4-2) Technique in sample collection for swine disease diagnosis, postmortem examination, laboratory examination for swine disease, histopathology, bacteriology, virology, serology and molecular biology, discussion of case diagnosis. * Business and Administration for Animal Farm 2 (2-0-4) Accounting and financing for livestock, strategic management, marketing management, production cost, supplies chains and operating management, innovation and business building, market and livestock market in Thailand, consumer behavior, change and farm improvement. * Clinical Practice in Artificial Insemination and Reproductive 1(0-2-1) Technology Practice in swine artificial insemination, practice in cattle artificial insemination, practice in poultry artificial insemination, practice in handling of artificial insemination instruments.

**710 892 Seminar in Veterinary II 1(1-0-2) Review and discussion of literature and case report related to current issues in modern veterinary technology.

5 5 * Health Problems and Management in Ruminant 3(3-0-6) Factors affecting ruminant health; health problems in ruminant; diagnostic techniques for ruminant health problems in ruminant; practical guidelines for of health management in ruminant; control and prevention of health problems in ruminant. * Milk Quality and Production Management 2(2-0-4 ) Current situation of milk production and quality, factors affecting the raw milk production and quality, investigation of milk quality and udder health problems individuals and herd levels, therapeutic guidelines for udder health problems, milk quality and mastitis control and milking management. * Ruminant Clinical Practice 3(0-6-3) Practice in processes of history taking, physical examination, sample collection for diagnosis, laboratory diagnosis, techniques of special diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, control and prevention of diseases in ruminant in aspects of medicine, theriogenology, obstetrics, surgery and pathology in the individuals; Practice in herd health management in ruminants: collection, validation and analysis of data, Planning and giving advices for herd management; Summary. * Clinical Ruminant Nutrition 2(2-0-4) Ruminant alimentary system, importance of nutritional condition on health and production, minimum nutritional requirement for cattle, metabolic disorders related to alimentary system, investigation of nutritional condition clinical nutrition individuals and herd levels, nutritional management enhancing productive performance and health. * Practice in Poultry Disease Diagnosis 2(0-4- 2) Diagnosis of viral infectious disease using egg incubation or cell culture method, an assessment of Newcastle disease virus virulence,

*717 732 Milk Quality and Production Management 2(2-0-4 ) Current situation of milk production and quality, factors affecting the raw milk production and quality, investigation of milk quality and

6 6 preparation of inoculation dose for research trial, primer designs for diagnosis important diseases, histopathology diagnosis. * Clinical Swine Nutrition 2(0-4-2) Feed formula and ingredients, effect of nutrition imbalance to fertility and disease immunity in swine, relationship among nutrition, health and fertility in the pig herd, control and diagnostic strategies for nutritional problem in the pig herd. * Health and Production Management in Swine Heard 1(1-0- 2) Importance of herd health management and production efficiency in swine herd, General management, disease control and prevention, production efficiency evaluation in breeding herd. * Practice in Health and Production Management in Swine Herd 2(0-4-2) General management, disease control and prevention program, analysis of production parameter in breeding herd, conclusion and advice for practical management. 18. Assurance of the Program The program will be determined and controlled by 4 parts of administrated bodies Administration of program There is the Program s Coordinators There is the Program Faculty Staff There is the Program s Administration 18.2 Teaching resource There are classroom and equipments There are research laboratory room and equipments Thesis advisory and control system There are thesis advisory There are research grant 18.4 Evaluation by external stakeholders and job market Survey satisfaction of the user

in the pig herd, control and diagnostic strategies for nutritional problem in the pig herd.

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1. Basic Certificate in Animal Health and Production (CAHP)

1. Basic Certificate in Animal Health and Production (CAHP) NTA Level 4: Modules covered S/N Code Module Name 1. GST 04101 Introduction to Computer 2 GST 04202 Introduction to Sociology and. Communication